Collar-supportter for harness.



No. s2a,7|3. Patented July n, I899, w. N. HDUGHTALING.

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(Application filed Aug. 1, 1898-) (No Modal.)

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COLLAR-SUPPORTER FOR HARNESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 628,713, dated July 11,1899. Application filedAugust 1,1898. SarialNo. 687,391. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM N. HOUGHTAL- ING, of Ansonia, in the countyof New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvementin Horse-Collar Supporters; and I do hereby declare the following, whentaken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the letters ofreference marked thereon, to be a full,clear, and exact description ofthe same, and which said drawings constitute part of this specification,and represent, in-

Figure 1, a perspective view of a saddle provided with a horse-collarsupporter constructed in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2, a Viewshowing the supporter as in use, the saddle being shownin section,whilethe supporter and collar are shown in side elevation.

My invention relates to an improvement in harnesses, and moreparticularly to hame-collar supporters for truck-saddle harnesses, the.object being to provide simple, convenient, and effective means forsupporting the harnecollar of a truck-saddle harness from the saddle andin such position that it will relieve the horses neck and avoid thechafing thereof.

With these ends in view my invention consists in certain details ofconstruction, as will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in theclaim.

In carrying out my invention as herein shown the hame-collar supporteris formed from a single piece of metal, such as a steel rod, andcomprises a hook A, a loop A, a shank A and a threaded stem A ,whichlatter is entered in an inclined position into the central portion ofthe forward edge of the wooden chain-bow B of the saddle C, which may beof any approved construction. It will be observed that the supporterextends not only forwardly from the saddle, but upwardly, so that itshook A is located above the level of the saddle. However, the particularinclination and elevation of the supporter may be varied according tocircumstances. The upwardly-bowed loop A of the supporter lies in avertical plane, and, as shown, the loop is flattened in a horizontalplane to make it more yielding; but whatever the specific form andconstruction of the supporter may be it will be made so that it willyield and constitute a spring.

The hame-collar D, which may also be of any approved construction, issuspended, as it were, from the supporter by suspension means, such asthe strap E, which is passed under the top of the collar and formed inits ends with holes, which adapt them to be hooked onto the hook A. Itwill be understood, of course, that the supporter and strap E areconstructed and arranged so that when the horse is carrying his head andneck in the normal or medium position the supporter will hold thehame-collar D enough above his neck to prevent it from chafing the same.

It is obvious that, if desired, the hook of the supporter may also beused as a point for the attachmentof the rear end of the checkre1n.,

It is apparent that the supporter may be made in a variety of forms andadapted in a variety of ways to be secured to the chainbow of thesaddle. Thus instead of threading the rear end of the supporter forsecuring it to the chain-bow it might be adapted to be bolted thereto orit might be constructed to be clipped thereto. I would therefore have itunderstood that I do not limit myself to the exact construction hereinshown and described, but hold myself at liberty to make such variationstherefrom asfairly fall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention,what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The combination with a saddle provided with a chain-bow located upon itstop, of a hame-collar, and a yielding supporter secured at its rear endto the said how and extended forward therefrom beyond the forward edgeof the said saddle, and constructed at its forward end to extend overthe said collar which is suspended from it, the said supporter exertinga constant upward draft on the collar which is yieldingly supported.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

WVILLIAM N. I-IOUGHTALING.

Witnesses:

LILLIAN D. KELSEY, GEORGE D. SEYMOUR.

